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Good Malvern Land is nearing $4,000 per sqm

Good Malvern Land is nearing $4,000 per sqm
Week Ending May 11th Some Follow Ups Bayside 17 Seymour Grove, Brighton on 1055sqm has sold for $3,400,000 after passing in at auction with a vendor bid of $3 million prior to Easter (Campbell Cooney, Hodges Real Estate) 5 Leslie Grove, Brighton, on 3374 sqm of land, has sold for circa $8 million (Nick Johnstone, [...]
Boroondara Weekly

Boroondara Weekly

While it was nice to take a breather last week, the property market in million-dollar-plus Melbourne certainly looks to be rolling on in a positive way. Some recent sales of interest: 25 Redmond Street, Kew (James Tostevin, Marshall White) – This sold strongly before auction for around the $2.9m mark. Bought for land value only, and working [...]
The market feels OK for now and last year’s positiveness seems to have continued. But stay tuned, it’s early 2013 days.

The market feels OK for now and last year’s positiveness seems to have continued. But stay tuned, it’s early 2013 days.

East Melbourne, 120 Powlett, Arch Staver, Under the Hammer, $5,155,000 – 4 bidders There was a festive air along Powlett Street this morning as real estate punters strolled in and out of historic homes open for inspection in this proud and peaceful pocket of Melbourne. With a crowd of 150 gathering under magnificent trees on the [...]
Boroondara Weekly

Boroondara Weekly

Well, it’s great to be back! It’s great to be looking at properties again and great to be enjoying good Melbourne coffee! I went to most of my favourite haunts in the past fortnight, including Liar Liar, Porgies + Mr. Jones, Ora, and Axil, and all are still on the mark and producing excellent coffee. Last [...]
Boroondara Weekly

Boroondara Weekly

The market felt quite positive today, with most good properties attracting multiple bidders and selling well. The overall Clearance Rate for Boroondara $M+ was a whopping 88%. Two of these were Land Sales, with solid results – 3 Grange Ave Canterbury (Daniel Bradd, Kay and Burton) – 1155m2 south rear with sloping down block, selling for just over $2355/m2 18 [...]
As we leave 2012 the Top End is officially off life support!

As we leave 2012 the Top End is officially off life support!

2012 Summary The talk was all doom and gloom at the start of 2012 after a bad finish to 2011 by the market. This talk flat lined the Autumn market with basically no action whatsoever, save a surprising burst around Easter with 5 at $10,000,000 changing hands. We went into Winter in a downward spiral with [...]
Boroondara Weekly

Boroondara Weekly

It was a reasonable day on the Boroondara auction streets on Saturday, although it was still a little subdued compared to Super Saturday a few weeks ago. Of the 12 auctions we attended, 9 sold and 3 passed in (75%), which aligns closely with the overall $1m+ market in Boroondara (72%). Some observations: The hammer rate, where [...]
Boroondara Weekly

Boroondara Weekly

It was a quieter day in terms of auction numbers, which is understandable given we were coming off the Melbourne Cup weekend. That said, there were good numbers at opens and auctions we attended. Of the nine auctions we reviewed, two sold before, four sold on the day and three passed in – not bad [...]
Lack of exciting stock on the market brings on a quieter weekend

Lack of exciting stock on the market brings on a quieter weekend

At 6pm on Saturday, the James Clearance Rate for $M+ was 61% on the 31 auctions we attended. The Weekly Review Bidderman, our demand indicator, was 1.3 bidders per auction. That low Bidderman rate reflects how the market felt this weekend – quiet. This lack of activity is hardly unexpected given that the Melbourne market is [...]
$3m+ off life support. $5m+ looking still looking unwell.

$3m+ off life support. $5m+ looking still looking unwell.

Week Ending September 15th: This Weekend with only 3 from 7 over $3m reported as selling before 6.00pm, we feel this shows the market is continuing to struggle on more offerings than not at the Top End. 9 Scotsburn Toorak (Justin Long) with 5 bidders fighting it out to $4,220,000 is a good case study. The result [...]
Boroondara Weekly

Boroondara Weekly

After an OK beginning to the Spring market that matched the OK weather, results this weekend were not too bad.
Boroondara Weekly

Boroondara Weekly

First day of spring and, although the pickings were a little slim out there, we did see some spirited bidding at many auctions and the sentiment overall seemed positive. Of the eight auctions we attended, six sold, and two passed in. Of the four auctions I attended, all four sold. It must be said though that, [...]
That’s more like it – some good news this weekend!

That’s more like it – some good news this weekend!

At 6pm on Saturday, the James $M+ Clearance Rate was 75% – yep that’s 75% across the 28 auctions we attended. The Weekly Review Bidderman was 2 bidders per auction. WOW, what a difference a week makes! Sure, it may be a statistical anomaly and the sample is small – but it’s the first day of [...]
Port Phillip

Port Phillip

With such limited stock up for auction in Port Phillip this week and what there was, not actually selling – I have listed some of the more interesting properties that are currently up for private sale. All these properties have previously failed to sell at auction and are either still with the [...]
The Double H Price Disease – History & Hope

The Double H Price Disease – History & Hope

At 6pm on Saturday, the James $M+ Clearance Rate was 55% across the 31 auctions we attended. The Weekly Review Bidderman was 1.6 bidders per auction.
The Banks are starting to pull the market strings!

The Banks are starting to pull the market strings!

At 6pm on Saturday, the James $M+ Clearance Rate was 50% across the 32 auctions we attended. The Weekly Review Bidderman was 1.5 bidders per auction.  Half the auctions today were lone rangers (one bidder) or ducks (no bidders). On a very positive note, however, which again reaffirms our views on quality stock, there were [...]
Port Phillip Weekly

Port Phillip Weekly

Vendors – where are you all? With only two properties listed for auction over $1m in Port Phillip this weekend, there was very little to choose from. According to Alex Schiavo of Kay and Burton Real Estate, we would normally have more stock this time of the year, “but for some reason clients are delaying putting [...]
Catch a falling star

Catch a falling star

At 6pm on Saturday, the James $M+ Clearance Rate was 44% across the 25 auctions we attended. The Weekly Review Bidderman was 1.4 bidders per auction. Market Summary The market continues to be unexciting in terms of stock levels. There were only 40 or so $M+ auctions this weekend in Inner East and Bayside, when 70 is a [...]
Brushing off the winter cobwebs (sort of)

Brushing off the winter cobwebs (sort of)

At 6pm Saturday, the James $M+ Clearance Rate was 46% across the 24 auctions we attended. The Weekly Review Bidderman - 1.8 bidders per auction. Market Summary Welcome back to Marketnews after a month’s hiatus. When we left you last month, the fridge door had opened on the market and the mood was a little sombre. July hasn’t really [...]
The Winter of Waiting?

The Winter of Waiting?

At 6pm on Saturday, the James Clearance Rate for $M+ was 45% on the 29 auctions we attended, showing cooler market sentiment on low stock levels. The Weekly Review Bidderman, our demand indicator, was 1.4 bidders per auction, which was a rise on the figure before the long weekend – although it didn’t feel like [...]
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